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BETA Healthcare, a California-based insurer of hospital professional liability coverage, has launched the Alternative Risk and Insurance Services program, according to an insurancenewsnet report.

Here are eight news updates for ASC leaders for Monday, April 6 2015:

ZirMed is planning to open an office in Chicago with 200 jobs added over the next year, according to a Chicago Tribune report.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, an antibiotic-resistant superbug, when exposed to cigarette smoke become even more resistant to the immune system, according to a study published in Infection and Immunity.

Here are eight observations on healthcare sector mergers and acquisitions, according to a Irving Levin Associates report.

According to a CBS Boston report, 20 percent of antibiotics are used to treat sinusitis, about 30 million annually, although they are not always necessary.

The 2015 Multi-City Innovation Campaign, which focuses on health and human services challenges, has launched, according to a GCN report.

Here are eight statistics on general surgeon salary and benefits, according to Jackson & Coker's 2014 physician salary calculator.

A 1,000-year-old Anglo-Saxon remedy has been found to kill superbug methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, according to research conducted at The University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom.

According to a lawsuit filed March 3, Rebecca Merrill is suing OSBEC Medical of Southern Illinois and Oscar F. Florendo Jr., MD, claiming surgery on her foot led to infection, required further treatment and caused permanent disfiguration, reports The Madison-St.…